Chapter 228: Six South American Nations (First update, please subscribe)

Sometimes, history changes unexpectedly.

When changes occur, even the parties involved are unaware of it at the beginning.

Just after New Year's Day in 1865, the steamship "Ellis" carrying Nikolaus August Otto sailed into New York Harbor. After Henry Goebbels and his family boarded the ship in New York, they became friends. After all, they were both from Germany.

Most of the passengers on this steamship were experts, scholars and technicians hired by the mission in Europe. Along the way, the passengers talked most about Nanhua, that strange place, and of course the opportunities that they longed for!

1865 seemed to be a year full of opportunities and changes.

It was also in this year that Paraguay, which had already declared war on Brazil and Uruguay, after several days of emergency consultations in Congress, in the spirit of "not caring about life and death, just fight if you don't obey", Lopez Jr. directly declared war on Argentina, and the war officially entered the stage of one against three. Lopez Jr. also gave himself a high official title of "Marshal" and took full charge of Paraguay's military affairs. In April, the Paraguayan army entered Argentina. After learning that Paraguay had declared war, Argentine President Bartolomé Mitre said to the people of Buenos Aires on May 4.

"...Gentlemen, I promise you that we will be ready in three days, the troops will reach the front within three weeks, and within three months, we will reach Asuncion," the capital of Paraguay.

After learning the news, Zhu Xianhai's mood must have been a little complicated.

"Why is it another three months?"

Generally speaking, if you say something like three months will definitely be ruthlessly slapped in the face, refer to the later German head of state and Japanese prime minister.

But from the intelligence currently available, Zhu Xianhai knew very well that the reason why Bartolomé Mitre made such a judgment was that Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay had already secretly concluded the "Triple Alliance Treaty" in Buenos Aires, stipulating a series of terms such as the division of Paraguay and the demand for compensation after the war, and at the same time nominated Mitre as the commander-in-chief of the Triple Alliance.

In other words, they had a purpose. It was easy for three countries to gang up on a small country with a population of only a few hundred thousand and resolve the issue in three months.

However, none of them expected that Paraguay or the marshal would be so resilient that they would never surrender even if it meant the destruction of their country and their race.

How about that? Pretty manly, right?

Of course, Lopez Jr. also miscalculated. He had hoped to contact Justo Urquiza, the big boss of Corrientes Province in Argentina. As we all know, he was the leader of the anti-confederate elements. Lopez Jr. hoped to win over Urquiza to fight against Argentina's President Mitre. As a result, facing the invasion of Paraguay, Urquiza's patriotism overcame his personal desires. He announced his unconditional support for the central government and called on supporters to take up arms to fight against the Paraguayan army.

"I miscalculated after all!"

While sighing, Zhu Xianhai did not feel it was a pity. After all, in this four-nation battle in the La Plato River Basin, the more people died, the more beneficial it would be for Nanhua.

Who cares if it’s Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay or Brazil, the more people they die, the better!

"It's a pity that we can't smuggle arms to Paraguay on a large scale. Otherwise, helping Argentina and Brazil bleed would be a good option."

Zhu Xianhai smiled slightly while talking to himself.

"Well, the North has no worries for now, and the only thing left is you..."

Once again, he set his sights on Chile, and since last year, he has begun planning a war to annihilate Chile.

This is a slow process, at least until the external conditions are ripe. If the external conditions are not ripe, it will take time to brew!

The timing is perfect now!

After Argentina focuses all its attention on Paraguay, South China will be able to free up its hands to deal with Chile. Moreover, after a year of preparation, it is almost time to pick the peaches!

It's not about picking peaches, but about completely eliminating the potential threat from Chile.

After Qian Zizhuang came to the office and listened to his report, Zhu Xianhai did not make a decision immediately. He slowly pushed the file containing documents away from his eyes, then stood up from the desk and paced around the office.

Then he stood at the window and looked at the square in front of the building. There were many pedestrians on the square. Watching people there enjoying the sunshine and the beauty of life, people would have a feeling - as if war would never break out.

It seems that Nanhua will always be peaceful!

But what is the reality?

Purgatory and heaven are only separated by a thin line.

War could break out at any time!

Once the war breaks out, there will be no way out for Nanhua. There are only two choices: survival or destruction!

After turning around, Zhu Xianhai looked at Qian Zizhuang, who was the head of intelligence at Nanhua. The so-called Investigation Department was actually the intelligence agency of Nanhua. He took a few puffs of his cigar and put the remaining half of the Cuban cigar on the ashtray. Then Zhu Xianhai walked to the table again, pointed at the file, and asked:

"Well, how sure is this plan?"

"This is not a complicated matter. We have our own people there. We are about 70% sure of the first step of the plan. The key is the second step, which is more of a military issue. Military issues are not something we can solve."

Some plans are not just simple intelligence work. No matter how perfect the plan is, it still requires cooperation from others. Moreover, the core of the plan lies in other people.

"Yes, indeed!"

Nodding, Zhu Xianhai said.

"There's not much you can do about military issues, but if the first step of the plan is implemented, they will definitely carry out a series of deployments and actions accordingly! What's the key issue? Is it to make everything have nothing to do with us? Are the people who implement the plan reliable?"

"It's completely reliable. They didn't know we were involved in this plan. Moreover, on the surface, these things can't be directly related to us."

Qian Zizhuang's answer was very brief.

"Well, on the surface, it seems that there is no connection, but we still need to handle it with caution. After all, some things are always shady. Of course, we don't care about these problems at all, but we must implement this matter perfectly."

He took the file in front of him and read it again, then Zhu Xianhai said:

"Okay, let's implement it according to the plan!"

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(End of this chapter)